I was watching the game this morn btw Stoke and Arsenal..It took me off the edge of the seat watching that match.. Arsenal conceded the 1st goal by a similar style when they lost to Stoke in the FA cup..I was so freaking pissed heck i was just bout to turn that son bitch squared box u call a TV OFF till Bendtner equalized wiv a stunning header accompanied by a typical 1st class cross from Fabregas..Game on!!
The 2nd half commenced later and both teams were hammering tongs like 2 clogged up bulls..Then came the moment...a horrendous, deviant, scary ass tackle from Shawcross on Aaron Ramsey, saw the 19 year old Welsh wizard shattered his god damn ankle..The impact was so sick heck even Shawcross was terrified of his own actions..He was sent off deservedly indeed but as much as i would like to condemn Shawcross, i believe that he din mean to break Ramsey's leg..It was a 50-50 challenge if ya ask me...
For 6 min Arsenal couldn't get into the game but in the end they managed to grab a win..As a guy who loves football and have seen ppl being injured 1st hand, i totally felt that sickening thud...Heck it was so sick though not as bad as Eduardo's & Cisse's but errrr.....I have the article for u ppl to read here picked from Yahoo news...thank you..
Taken from Yahoo. There.Arsenal Comment: Comeback Shows Title-Winning Spirit We Now Expect To See From Aaron Ramsey
It felt like the Eduardo incident all over again. Arsenal, in with a chance of winning the title race, undone with the snap of a leg.
But this time against Stoke, instead of draining Arsenal of their fight as it did against Birmingham two seasons ago, the Gunners rallied to produce a teeth-clenching victory against the odds.
Aaron Ramsey, who will now miss the rest of the season with that horrifically broken leg, must adopt that same battling attitude as he fights his way back to fitness to become the top-quality player everybody expects him to become.
Arsenal's against-all-odds performance now puts the club back into contention for the title
Chelsea's defeat at home to Manchester City earlier on in the day means the Guners are now just three points off the leaders.
With the Blues still yet to travel to Old Trafford, Arsene Wenger's team are still very much in this race.
From the sixth minute when Arsenal succumbed to their fourth goal conceded to a Delap throw in just three games, it appeared that the north London side were about to fulfil their critics' expectations: they have been accused of being unable to handle the rougher side of the game, and here they went again.
Breaking point | Ramsey in agony as Shawcross (right) looks on horrified
But with Sol Campbelll, Cesc Fabregas and Nicklas Bendtner down the spine, the Gunners are made of sterner stuff than that and pulled off a miraculous revival.
Bendtner scored the kind of classic centre-forward's header that the side were never capable of with Arshavin playing up front.
Sol Campbell clearly relished the battle. Whereas Gallas's head was the first to drop after the Eduardo injury against Birmingham two years ago. The giant Englishman not only kept his held high but was also prepared to stick it where it hurts in pursuit of the three points against Stoke.
There must now be an argument for Sol replacing the Frenchman as Vermaelen's regular partner.
Of course at the centre of this battling performance was the man who replaced Gallas as captain: step forward, Cesc Fabregas. The Spaniard made two of the three goals and scored the other.
Last time, he took a penalty against Sorensen, the keeper saved his effort but that memory didn't deter the Gunners' skipper and this one was dispatched with aplomb.
If Fabregas ever chooses to leave Arsenal, there is only one player with the technique, the vision and the sheer guts to replace him in the centre of the park.
We wish Ramsey The Speedest Recovery...
